"I felt so uneasy, that I was just going to send Ralph in search of you, when you got home." After that day it required considerable coaxing to induce Tiger to go upon the boys' skating-ground.

He manifested a decided preference to remain upon the shore, and look on; and when he did venture to accompany his master, he kept close by his side, and travelled over the treacherous ice with a degree of circumspection, which said very plainly, "You won't catch me in that scrape again, master Oscar!" But there was nothing that the boys enjoyed more at this season of the year, than a real good snowstorm.

Such a storm they were favored with during this month.

It came on in the evening, and the next morning, when they arose, their basement windows were more than half buried up in snow, and the drifts, in some places, were higher than Oscar's head.
The streets were deserted and almost impassable.

Thick crusts of snow hung over the roofs of the long blocks of houses; while the blinds, windows, doors and balustrades were heavily trimmed with the same delicate material.